The German government is planning to establish a malware cleanup helpline for its citizens. Announced last week at the fourth German IT summit in Stuttgart, the project is due to start in 2010. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will team up with the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) as well as eco (Association of the German Internet Industry) to clean consumer systems from ...
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